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The alpha-emitter 225Ac (t1/2 = 9.92 d) is currently under development for targeted alpha-particle therapy of cancer, and accelerator production of 225Ac via proton irradiation of thorium targets requires robust separations of 225Ac from chemically similar fission product lanthanides. Additionally, the lanthanide elements represent critical components in modern technologies, and radiolanthanides such as 140Nd (t1/2 = 3.37 d) also have potential application in the field of nuclear medicine. The ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([Bmim][NTf2]), combined with the diglycolamide extractant, N,N-dioctyldiglycolamic acid (DODGAA), was adsorbed on macroporous resin support to produce a solvent impregnated resin (SIR) that was investigated for separations of 225Ac and lanthanides. The equilibrium distribution coefficients (Kd) of the rare earth elements (Sc(III), Y(III), Ln(III)), 225Ac(III), Th(IV), and U(VI) on the prepared DODGAA/[Bmim][NTf2]-SIR were determined from batch adsorption experiments in HCl and HNO3 media. The DODGAA/[Bmim][NTf2]-SIR exhibited preferential uptake of the heavier lanthanide elements while allowing for the separation of the lighter lanthanides. Column separations utilizing the DODGAA/[Bmim][NTf2]-SIR were effective at separating the lighter lanthanides from each other, and separating 225Ac from a mixture of lanthanides, 213Bi, and 225Ra without the need for additional complexing agents.A mesoporous covalent organic polymer (COP) was synthesized through a facile Friedel-Crafts condensation between p-quaterphenyl and trimesoyl chloride, which was designated as COP-QP-TC. Featured with hollow nanospheres architecture, permanent mesoporosity (2.54 nm), large surface area (536 m2 g-1), as well as high thermal and chemical stability, the newly-synthesized COP-QP-TC was utilized as a solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coating for the effective preconcentration of some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their nitrated and oxygenated derivatives. Combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) detection, the COP-QP-TC based SPME method exhibited high enrichment factors (248-799), low limits of detection (1.31-3.00 ng L-1), good linear range (4.37- 500 ng L-1) and acceptable precisions (relative standard deviations less then 10.3%). The COP-QP-TC was successfully applied for the SPME of some PAHs and their derivatives from environmental water samples with good method recoveries ranging from 85.8% to 114.4%.In this study, amylose- and cellulose-phenylcarbamate-based chiral columns with different chiral-selector (CS) chemistries were compared to each other for the separation of enantiomers of basic chiral analytes in acetonitrile and aqueous-acetonitrile mobile phases in HPLC. For two chemistries the amylose-based columns with coated and immobilized CSs were also compared. The comparison of CSs containing only electron-donating or electron-withdrawing substituents with those containing both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents showed opposite results for the studied set of chiral analytes in the case of amylose and cellulose derivatives. Along with the chemistry of CS the focus was on the behavior of polysaccharide phenylcarbamates in acetonitrile versus aqueous acetonitrile as eluents. In agreement with earlier results, it was found that in contrast to the commonly accepted view, polysaccharide phenylcarbamates do not behave as typical reversed-phase materials for basic analytes either. In the range of water content in the mobile phase of up to 20-30% v/v the behavior of these CSs is similar to hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC)-type adsorbents. This means that with increasing water content in the mobile phase up to 20-30% v/v, the retention of analytes mostly decreases. The important finding of this study is that the separation efficiency improves for most analytes when switching from pure acetonitrile to aqueous acetonitrile. Therefore, in spite of reduced retention, the separation of enantiomers improves and thus, the HILIC-range of mobile phase composition, offering shorter analysis time and better peak resolution, is advantageous over pure polar-organic solvent mode. Interesting examples of enantiomer elution order (EEO) reversal were observed for some analytes based on the content of water in the mobile phase on Lux Cellulose-1 and Lux Amylose-2 columns.A method for the preparation of an on-column ESI emitter used as the sheathless interface for coupling capillary electrophoresis (CE) with mass spectrometry (MS) was developed. The emitter was directly fabricated at the outlet end of the separation capillary which was etched with HF solution to a symmetrical tip. The tip was covered with a small piece of gold foil which was fixed by epoxy resin glue for electrical contact. Such a prepared ESI emitter can produce a stable ESI signal over the wide range of flow rate from 50 nL/min to 800 nL/min. The performance of the CE-MS with the sheathless interface was evaluated by using the separation of four alkaloids. It was found that the strong electroosmotic flow produced by the multiple polyelectrolyte coating on the capillary is necessary for maintaining a stable MS signal. Effect of the running buffer composition, concentration and the CE separation voltages on the ESI signal strength were investigated. The absolute detection limits for the alkaloids was determined as fmol level. Moreover, the CE-MS was applied for the analyses of trypsin digestion of cytochrome C and small molecular organic anions. The emitter performed very stable with a lifetime of at least 180 h.Oxylipins, the oxidation products of polyunsaturated fatty acids, are important signaling molecules in living organisms. Some of them have pro-inflammatory properties, while others act as pro-resolving agents. Oxylipins also play a major role in platelet biology and the progression of thrombo-inflammation. Depending on their structure, they may be pro-thrombotic or anti-thrombotic. For an unbiased biological interpretation, a detailed analysis of a broad spectrum of oxylipins including their stereoisomers is necessary. In our work, we developed for the first time an enantioselective UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS assay which allows quantifying individual oxylipin enantiomers. The assay made use of a sub-2µm particle-based amylose-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phase (Chiralpak IA-U) under MS-compatible reversed-phase conditions. It covered 19 enantiomeric pairs of oxylipins and one diasteromeric pair of a lipid mediator 2 pairs of hydroxyoctadecadienoic acids (HODE), 6 pairs of hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acidsst abundant oxylipin in the platelet releasate was 12(S)-HETE, but many other oxylipins were found in the thrombin activated samples, usually as single enantiomers (e.g. 12(S)-HEPE, 11(R)-HETE, 9(R)-HODE, 13-(S)-HODE, 14(S)-HDoHE). The latter was detected at about similar concentration in resting platelet releasates as well. 15-HETE showed elevated levels for both R-and S-enantiomers in releasates of thrombin-activated platelets. 12-HETrE was found presumably as both enantiomers, however, retention time inconsistencies indicate that the R-enantiomer is actually a different compound, maybe another constitutional isomer with different double-bond configuration.Nowadays, sensitive chiral methods are required for the determination of chiral impurities and for assays in biological samples. Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), one of the main techniques to separate chiral molecules, can be coupled to MS to provide such sensitive methods. Moreover, chiral separation strategies are very useful to reduce the development time and cost of such methods. This study investigates the transfer of an existing non-MS compatible screening step (as part of a separation strategy) into an MS-compatible one. The initial step had a cumulative success rate of 100 % for 57 tested compounds using methanol or 2-propanol as mobile phase modifier on one of four chiral stationary phases. The additives applied in the original mobile phases, i.e. isopropylamine and trifluoroacetic acid, negatively affect the ionization in SFC-MS and thus need to be replaced. Formic acid, acetic acid, water, ammonia, ammonium acetate and ammonium formate were investigated as MS-compatible additives in different combinations and concentrations. Only methanol-based mobile phases were considered in this study because high system pressures were obtained with isopropanol. The other experimental parameters remained the same as in the initial screening step. The effects of the alternative additives on the obtained resolutions as well as on the global success rate were investigated. The best alternative MS-compatible mobile phase contained 0.5 % CH3COOH and 40 mM NH3 as additives. This mobile phase provided the highest number of separations and rather high resolutions. An MS-compatible screening step was defined with this alternative mobile phase. Compared to the original additives, a similar success rate was obtained.The additivity assumption underlying Giddings' coupling model for the eddy-dispersion in laminar flows through heterogeneous media is critically analyzed and a potential solution for its non-additivity in the high velocity limit is presented. Whereas the unit cell in Giddings' model only consists of a single velocity bias step, the unit dispersion cell of the newly proposed model comprises two consecutive velocity bias steps. Consequently, the unit cell of this new model allows to account for the occurrence of an internal velocity bias rectification at high reduced velocities and is therefore additive in both the low and high velocity limit. First, a mathematical expression for the velocity- and diffusion-dependency of the model's dispersion characteristics has been established. Subsequently, the physical behavior of the model is discussed. It is shown the relation between the eddy-dispersion plate height h and the reduced velocity ν can be expected to display a local maximum in systems where the transversal dispersion purely occurs by molecular diffusion, as is the case in perfectly ordered flow-through media. In disordered media, where the transversal dispersion also contains a significant advective component, the model predicts a velocity-dependency that is qualitatively similar to that described by Giddings' coupling model but, all other conditions being equal, converges to a significantly smaller horizontal asymptote at high reduced velocity. The latter might shed new light on earlier eddy-dispersion studies pursuing a quantitative agreement between experimental data and the Giddings model.We report on a series of high-accuracy computational fluid dynamics band broadening simulations in three different 2-D flow systems a 2-D pillar array and 2-D lumped packed bed geometries with different checkerboard velocity bias patterns. CP 43 These media display a local maximum in the relationship between the eddy-dispersion plate height and the mobile phase velocity. The occurrence of such a dispersion maximum has not been reported before but appears to be a characteristic of regular chromatographic media with alternating velocity bias, at least in 2-D geometries. This newly observed behavior can be fully understood and modelled using the checkerboard model established in part I of the present study.
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